Clinical Manual of Infectious Diseases

Author: (USA) Gary Ganetz
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This popular, fourth edition of the "Clinical Handbook of Infectious Diseases" provides a practical, portable, and quick-reference guide for the diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. To track the latest developments in infectious diseases, the authors thoroughly updated the content of the handbook from the perspective of patient care, including many confirmed infectious agents, emerging new concepts, and new therapies that have already emerged. To provide you with new information, this handbook has undergone a thorough review and revision of the original content, exploring new topics such as hepatitis C and VRE. Additional new content includes: Why antibiotics are ineffective; Who needs intravenous antibiotics; Fever in HIV-infected patients; HIV prevention; Antiretroviral therapy. The handbook incorporates numerous tables and illustrations, offering easy-to-use quick references for physicians who routinely treat infectious disease patients. Clinically proven, it is a highly valuable reference book.